Full Access to Harvard Databases at the HKS Library
Visitors, including alumni, can use the three computers in the Library Commons for access to all library resources. Printing for these computers costs $.08/per page and requires payment through Crimson Cash either on a Crimson Cash Card or on a Harvard University ID. Crimson Cash Cards can be purchased and value added at the Crimson Cash Value Transfer Station available right outside the HKS Library between the vending machines. Money can be added to the cards or IDs online at Crimson Cash.
Remote Access to Select Harvard Databases
Harvard Library provides remote access to a select list of databases by using your Harvard Key. Go to Use Harvard Library as an Alum for more information and a complete list of all databases that are available to alumni.
Some recommended databases from the list include:
- ABI/Inform Complete: Database of scholarly journals, trade publications, newspapers and more covering business and management.
- CQ Press Library: Collection containing CQ Almanac, Voting and Elections Collection, and a broad range of local and state data.
- EBSCO Academic Search Alumni Edition: Database of scholarly journals covering major areas of academic research.
- JSTOR: Collection of scholarly journals useful for historical research.
- Sage Journals: Collection of journals in the social sciences and humanities, health sciences, life and biomedical sciences, and materials sciences and engineering.
- Sage Research Methods: Resource for learning more about various research methods. Includes case studies, articles and e-books.
Free Resources for Articles & Books
- Google ScholarSearch scholarly literature across many disciplines and sources. Not all content in this search is freely available.
- Directory of Open Access JournalsDirectory of free, full text, scientific and scholarly journals. Currently contains over 7,500 titles.
- Developing Nations InitiativeList of free or low cost scholarly literature access programs for residents of developing countries. Eligibility criteria vary by program.
- Digital Commons NetworkAccess to 600,000 publications from almost 300 institutions. Search by keyword or topic.
- Directory of Open Access BooksVoted one of the best free reference sites by an ALA reference librarian group, this site enables the user to find free, open access books online.
- EconBizProvides citations and some full-text access to articles on business, management, and economics topics in (mainly) scholarly journals; since EconBiz is edited in Germany, it offers excellent coverage of European publications.
- HathiTrustA shared digital repository created by major research libraries. Features millions of digitized texts, some freely available in full-text, some limited to search-only.
- Journalist's ResourceA project of the Shorenstein Center, this site surfaces scholarly materials that may be relevant to media practitioners, bloggers, educators, students and general readers.
- National Academies PressCollection of over 5,000 academic titles available to read online at no cost.
- NBER: National Bureau of Economic ResearchFree access to working papers 18 months and older.
- Open Access Theses and DissertationsResource for locating open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world.
- OpenDOAROpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories. Repositories can be located by subject and location. The site also links to a customized Google search of the open access repositories included in this directory.
- PolicyArchiveAn open access repository of public policy research by think tanks, NGOs, CRS, and university centers.
- Rand CorporationPublications dating from 1946. Topics include criminal justice, national security, terrorism, international affairs, healthcare and energy.
- RePEc: Research Papers in EconomicsProvides links to working papers and journal articles in economics. Try the IDEAS service.
- SSRN: Social Science Research NetworkContains working papers in social science, law and business/economics fields. Registration is required.
HKS Library Research Guides
Be sure to take a look at our other research guides. These guides include links to websites that are freely available to all researchers.